Pictures: New Boeing 787 Dreamliner

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All Nippon Airways (ANA) ground crew see off the company's first commercial flight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on its departure for Hong Kong on October 26, 2011 at Narita Airport in Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo. Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner was to make its first commercial flight, giving a...

All Nippon Airways (ANA) ground crew see off the company's first commercial flight of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner on its departure for Hong Kong on October 26, 2011 at Narita Airport in Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo. Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner was to make its first commercial flight, giving a... (KAZUHIRO NOGI, AFP/Getty Images)

A ground crew staff watches as the first All Nippon Airways (ANA) commercial flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft is welcomed with water cannons at Hong Kong International Airport upon its arrival on October 26, 2011. Carrying 252 people including corporate VIPs, aviation buffs and a...

A ground crew staff watches as the first All Nippon Airways (ANA) commercial flight of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner aircraft is welcomed with water cannons at Hong Kong International Airport upon its arrival on October 26, 2011. Carrying 252 people including corporate VIPs, aviation buffs and a... (LAURENT FIEVET, AFP/Getty Images)

All Nippon Airways' (ANA) first commercial flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is welcomed with water cannons at Hong Kong International Airport upon its arrival on October 26, 2011. Carrying 252 people including corporate VIPs, aviation buffs and a large press pack, the ANA flight...

All Nippon Airways' (ANA) first commercial flight of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft is welcomed with water cannons at Hong Kong International Airport upon its arrival on October 26, 2011. Carrying 252 people including corporate VIPs, aviation buffs and a large press pack, the ANA flight... (LAURENT FIEVET, AFP/Getty Images)

All Nippon Airways' (ANA) Boeing new 787 Dreamliner jet leaves the Narita international airport on its first commercial flight at Narita city, Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo on October 26, 2011. Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner was to make its first commercial flight to Hong Kong, giving a handful...

All Nippon Airways' (ANA) Boeing new 787 Dreamliner jet leaves the Narita international airport on its first commercial flight at Narita city, Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo on October 26, 2011. Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner was to make its first commercial flight to Hong Kong, giving a handful... (JIJI PRESS, AFP/Getty Images)

A lion dance welcomes the first passengers off the first All Nippon Airways (ANA) commercial Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft arriving at Hong Kong International Airport on October 26, 2011. Carrying 252 people including corporate VIPs, aviation buffs and a large press pack, the ANA flight flew...

A lion dance welcomes the first passengers off the first All Nippon Airways (ANA) commercial Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft arriving at Hong Kong International Airport on October 26, 2011. Carrying 252 people including corporate VIPs, aviation buffs and a large press pack, the ANA flight flew... (LAURENT FIEVET, AFP/Getty Images)